Legal Opinion
Travelers' Ins. v. Miller
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided November 29, 1932No. Nos. 4767, 4768PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EVANS, Circuit Judge.
The fact background for the assigned errors may be briefly stated as follows: The deceased jumped from, or fell through, a window of his office on the twelfth floor of a large office building in Chicago, and the fall resulted in his immediate death. The only controverted issue in either ease is-stated by the question—Was the fall accidental? Only a friend, Adamson by name, was in the room with him at the time deceased passed through the window. On the trial this witness described the occurrence as follows:
“I was in the office of Mr. Miller the morning of his death,…
2Cases cited18 opinions
- Insurance Co. v. MosleySupreme Court of the United States · 1869
- Bessierre v. Ala. City G. & A. R. R.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1912
- New York Life Ins. Co. v. WeaverCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1925
- Frankel v. New York Life Ins. Co.Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1931
- Guyer v. Equitable Gas Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1924
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3Cited by6 opinions
- Long v. California-Western States Life InsuranceCalifornia Supreme Court · 1955
- Equitable Life Assur. Soc. v. GuiouCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1936
- Miller v. Travelers Ins.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1935
- Cox v. O'MalleyCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1997
- Lincoln Petroleum Co. v. New York Life Ins.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1940
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